The trade in goat fur began around 250 years ago. By the middle of the 18th century, downy merchandise from Orenburg had attracted the attention of researchers, as well as the new inhabitants of ...

Kani shawls, which can take anywhere from six months to two years to make, are fashioned from dyed goat’s wool. Here’s what makes them so special.

Changthangi goats and the shawls to which they contribute their wool are found in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, located deep in the Himalayas on a high-altitude plateau at the very northern tip ...

The identity of Kashmir, Pashmina Shawl is a super high-quality shawl, which is made from Pashmina wool. This wool is obtained from Changthangi goats found especially in Kashmir and Ladakh region.

The world is heading for a shortage of the highly prized and super-soft cashmere wool as pashmina goats that live on the "roof of the world" become caught up in the fractious border dispute between ...

Thousands of Pashmina goats, the source of famed shawls and blankets and a mainstay of the local Himalayan economy, have perished in northern India in the some of the heaviest snowfall in decades.

Woven from the fine fleece of the Capra Hircus, a Kashmiri mountain goat, the prized Cashmere shawl is light and warm, of gossamer softness and unsurpassed elegance. In times of yore, shepherds ...

In a few years’ time, that wonderfully soft cashmere sweater you buy could come from gene-edited goats. A team in China has created goats that produce a third more cashmere than normal goats.